Condé Nast International Luxury Conference – Day 1 Since its announcement last September and subsequent release earlier this month, it is safe to say that the Apple Watch has caused less of a stir and more of a tidal wave, straddling the fashion and technology industries like no other product before it. So who better […]

When I saw a picture of Rihanna wrapped in grass-green fur, I had a sharp intake of breath. I had just walked out of an Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in Paris where the designer’s green fur chubby from 1971 was at the heart of the story about YSL’s The Scandal Collection. And here was one […]

Suzy Menkes talks to the American designer at his New York studio   “I have been thinking about Diana Vreeland a lot, or, not her particularly, but that kind of obsession and addiction to fashion and the pleasure and then pain that the addiction causes,” says Marc Jacobs. “Things shouldn’t be easy or sloppy, I’d […]

Ulyana Sergeenko, Dice Kayak, Yiqing Yin, and a Very Topical Fashion Exhibition When a Paris museum dedicated to the history of immigration opened eight years ago, no one could have predicted the ways in which its subject would become more relevant and more contentious. Not long after the recent extremist attacks in Paris, I arrived […]

Maison Margiela takes off its mask to reveal Galliano. With exquisite attention to detail, wild splashes of scarlet and intense decoration set against pure tailoring, John Galliano came back to the runway. The renowned designer, disgraced by anti-semitic remarks, stepped out for a micro-second in a white lab coat at the end of his show for Maison Margiela, […]

As Christie’s auctions pin-up posters online, Suzy Menkes asks if they can be rebooted after a feminist revolution. On a wet weekend, the picture made me smile: blonde curls, white teeth and curvy bodies in jaunty swimsuits. “The Most Beautiful Women in the World”, announced a poster for “Summer in Monte Carlo”. The next image […]

New York Fashion Week Day Seven   The sweet bird of youth pulsates through Chloë Sevigny’s collection for cool and creative New York retailer Opening Ceremony. But the sweetest thing of all was that the designer, at the age of 39, chose to present her eternally youthful spirit through the voices, music and poetry of young […]

London Fashion Week Day Three The count of Scottish designers at London fashion week is surprisingly high, including Jonathan Saunders, Christopher Kane and Holly Fulton. But will the dis-United Kingdom still spawn fashion talent if Scotland’s referendum for independence is voted through on Thursday? Backstage, Jonathan Saunders discussed passionately why he, if he still lived in his […]

London Fashion Week Day Three “I was thinking about those Victorians who studied botany and travelled the world – they were a bit unhinged,” said Erdem of his leafy show, where exquisitely decorated lace dresses and jungle foliage patterns lead the designer to – in his own words  – “open up”. That spirit of lightness, freedom […]

London Fashion Week Day Three The beautiful young women in their pretty dresses held their poses at the library, as artists used pencils to recreate them as life drawings. The rest of the show’s 13 looks were worn by models on a makeshift stage. It was part of a display of fashion steeped in sustainability […]